A few days later...
"Your leg has healed beautifully," Dr Adah said, easing the last of the cast away.
Kira and Jessica were both lounging in the palace living room, surrounded by cushions and half-empty teacups. Kira flexed her newly freed ankle and let out a dramatic sigh of relief.
"Finally," she muttered. "I was starting to feel like a pirate with a wooden leg."
Dr Adah smiled as she packed away her tools. "The speed of your healing is remarkable. It might be because your wolf is finally awakening."
Kira sat up straighter, eyes sparkling with interest. She seized the opportunity immediately. "Really?"
"Yes," Dr Adah said, nodding. "If she is finally beginning to stir, your body will heal more like a shifter's than a human's."
Kira had been waiting for an opening like this to ask her questions. "How does that work, exactly? When a wolf awakens, are there signs? Symptoms? Something I should feel coming?"
